To help students gain a grasp of major philosophical options available in the field of education.
To develop among students an insight into modern theories of learning and development.
To help them understand and appreciate various social, cultural, and ideological perspectives on education in a multicultural and multilingual Indian society.
To help students to acquire research and data-analysis skills using computers essential to shape them into effective educational researchers.
To help students to develop research and presentation skills expected for their role as prospective teacher educators and educational researchers.
To help them to develop knowledge, skills, and mindset appropriate to various specialists’ roles such as curriculum developers, educational administrators, guidance counselors, designers of teaching-learning resources, etc.
To motivate and empower students for undertaking research to theorize about education as also to develop creative solutions to day-to-day school problems.
To initiate them into contemporary educational discourse in the context of national concerns and issues of access and quality in education.

FIRST SEMESTER

PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF EDUCATION After completing this course, the student will be able to:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Explain the educational implications underlying the thoughts of great thinkers. Analyze the concepts of education and teaching.
Make a distinction among different schools of Educational Philosophy and their teaching implication.
Analyze the role of different agencies for social change, different dimensions of social change, and factors affecting social change.
Discuss the role of education in economic development and the need for educational planning.
Explain the role of education in national integration, international understanding, human values, and human rights.

PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING, LEARNING, AND DEVELOPMENT

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Comprehend the meaning, scope, and relevance of Educational Psychology.
Explain and understand the intellectual, social, and emotional changes that occur during different developmental stages.
Make a difference between various stages and levels of teaching. Differentiate between the focus of concern in the different theories of learning.
Work out the implications of the concept of intelligence and its different theories.
Analyze the concepts of personality & adjustment.
Explain the different categories of mentally retarded children and their educational implications.

KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Explain and understand the epistemological basis of education.
Analyse the basis of ‗knowledge‘ and ‗information‘ processing contexts in teaching and learning.
Differentiate between content and process in educational contexts.
Plan instructional designs keeping in view the various levels of knowledge.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Describe the concept of Educational Technology and its linkage with modern technological devices.
Plan and organize T-L systems effectively with Educational Technology Support.
Adopt the Educational Technology approach for optimizing learning outcomes.
Design and conduct teaching lessons based on different models of teaching.
Develop modules based on computer assisted teaching.

PRACTICE IN CORE TEACHING SKILLS

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Orient themselves in Theoretical aspects of Microteaching, Teaching Skills, and Integration of Teaching Skills.
Develop competency among students teachers in Teaching Skills, Integration of Teaching Skills.
Help student teacher in transferring the learned skills in a real classroom situation.

READING AND REFLECTION OF ANY TWO OF THE TEXTS OF INDIAN EDUCATORS AS OPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT/ COLLEGE.

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Empower in effective reading of a text with appropriate voice modulations, stress and speed.
Read a narrative, poetic, prosaic, interactive, satirical, autobiographical text suitably, meaningfully and effectively.
Develop interest for reading, listening, reflecting and sharing the meaning of the text.
Develop capacity to analyze and summarize the ideas expressed in the text. Identify the assumptions underlying the text.
Empower to grasp the import of the text, evaluate its contents and have their own views on the text.
Gain confidence by overcoming the blush and nervousness associated with public speaking.
Develop joy of reading good poetical, satirical, biopic, reflective and other kinds of text.
Cultivate the habit of reading original works of great exponents of various disciplines.

DRAMA AND ART IN EDUCATION

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Oriented themselves towards basic concepts of Music, Drama, Fine Arts, Dance, and other literary activities such as Elocution, Debate, Quiz etc.
Develop an understanding of local art forms, Music, and Plays.
Develop the ability to organize various programs of music, drama, and other literary activities like Quiz, Essay Writing, and Debate.
Enhance the aesthetic sense by means of these activities.
Appreciate the performance done by others and give proper feedback.
Discuss the need for Music, Drama, and other creative, co-scholastic activities in individual and social life.

SECOND SEMESTER

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN EDUCATION

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Analyse the role of various committees and commissions in the shaping of contemporary Indian Education.
Explain the background of the present educational problems and their dimensions in a proper perspective.
Reflect on the possible effective measures to address the educational problems at the various levels of education.
Develop a critical perspective for revisiting various problem-ridden educational exposures.

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
fter completing this course, the student will be able to: Differentiate between assessment and measurement.
Explain the conceptual basis of various types of assessment – Formative & Summative.
Design various assessment tools for measuring learning outcomes.
Interpret assessment outcomes using NRT and CRT approaches.
Ensure reliability and validity of assessment tools.

ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
After completing this course, the student will be able to: Explain the meaning and importance of action research with reference to Indian schools.
Use various steps involved in action research in a school.
Design and implement school based action research project.
Use Action research strategy for improving school practices.

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Analyse the negative effects of the practices of exclusion.
Practice the values of inclusive education.
Organize the various practices and programmes at the school level to suit the requirements of inclusive education.
Promote a culture of inclusive education in the classroom interactions.

THIRD SEMESTER

ENGLISH

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Discuss the importance of teaching English in India Justify the place of the English language in school curriculum.
Describe the aims and objectives of teaching English language at the Secondary and higher secondary stages.
Familiar with different methods and approaches of teaching English. Apply various skills of teaching.
Design effective evaluation strategy for evaluating various language competencies of English language.

MARATHI

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Describe the importance of teaching Marathi in India.
Justify the place of Marathi language in school curriculum.
Discuss the aims and objectives of teaching Marathi language at Secondary and higher secondary stages.
Use different methods and approaches of teaching Marathi.
Apply various skills of Marathi language.
Select appropriate teaching strategy for teaching of Marathi language.
Design effective evaluation strategy for evaluating various language competencies of Marathi language.

HINDI

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Describe the importance of teaching Hindi in India
Justify the place of Hindi language in school curriculum.
Discuss the aims and objectives of teaching Hindi language at Secondary and higher secondary stage.
Use different methods and approaches of teaching Hindi.
Apply various skills of Hindi language.
Select appropriate teaching strategy for teaching of Hindi language. Analyse text book of Hindi language.
Design effective evaluation strategy for evaluating various language competencies of Hindi language.

SANSKRIT

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Describe the place of Sanskrit as a source language of all the Indian Languages and language of culture.
Discuss different methods and approaches of teaching Sanskrit in Secondary school.
Develop adequate skill in the use of various audio visual aids, useful in the teaching of Sanskrit.
Diagnose pupils difficulties and short comings in achievement of language skills and suggest remedies.
Use the techniques of evaluation in Sanskrit.
Select appropriate teaching strategy for teaching of Hindi language.
Analyse text book of Hindi language.

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

After taking this course, the student will be able to:
Discuss the Place and importance of Biological science in teaching and curriculum.
Describe concepts and principles of Biological Science
Select appropriate methods to teach Biological Science.
Explain the concepts, Approaches, Strategies and Techniques of teaching biological science.
Acquire adequate skills required for effective teaching of Biological Science at secondary and higher secondary level.
Develop the skills in preparation and use of different audio visual aids which are useful in the teaching of Biological Science.
Prepare teaching plan ,unit plan, annual plan for teaching Biological sciences
Organise different co curricular activities for teaching Biological sciences.

FOURTH SEMESTER

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

After completion of the course the student will be able to:
Know the meaning of the Environment, its different dimensions, pollution, and the role of teachers in its prevention.
Understand the importance of the Environment in traditional Indian society.
Understand the aim of Environmental education, its importance, factors affecting it, and the expectations of teacher training institutes related to Environmental education.
Understand the aim of Environmental education, its importance, factors affecting it and the expectations of teacher training institutes related to Environmental Education.
Use different strategies to make Environmental education effective.
Identify the role of teachers in solving the problems related to Environmental education.
To assess the role of Indian values in Environmental management and education.

GENDER, SCHOOL AND SOCIETY

After completion of the course the student will be able to:
Relate the issues of gender in school and social practices in a correct perspective.
Identify the gender related discriminatory practices in educational context.
Explain the classroom situations having potential for gender based discrimination.
Indicate the stand taken in policy documents in respect of gender, education and society

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN SCHOOL

After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Plan and organize guidance programs in schools.
Conduct counseling sessions in school situations.
Use appropriate tools & technique for guidance & counseling sessions.

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Understand the process of planning, organizing, controlling, and evaluating aspects of managerial concerns in school education and their implications.
Develop competencies in using the results of SWOT analysis for better management of classroom and school systems. Conduct counseling sessions in school situations.
Acquire appropriate skills and competencies for imbibing effective transactional and transformational leadership attributes

VALUE EDUCATION AND MORAL ETHICS

After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Understand the value aspects of educational programs and activities.
Appreciate the importance of value education at the school level.
Develop an attitude favorable for imbibing moral ethics / Codes of conduct necessary for the teaching profession.
Interpret the moral obligations implicit in the job of teaching.

HISTORY OF INDIAN EDUCATION

After completion of the course the student will be able to:
Explain the features of Ancient Indian Education.
Describe the development of elementary education in India and the main issues related to it.
Describe the development of Secondary education in India and its main issues.
Offer comments on various problems related to Indian Education System.

YOGA EDUCATION

After completion of the course the student will be able to:
Understand the basic concepts of Yoga.
Understand the benefits of exercise, physical fitness, and health-related physical fitness.
Understand and Perform different Asanas and Pranayama
Understand the benefits of yoga for positive health.